We have to go to war against the people who enable the gun violence, the people who stop us from keeping guns out of the hands of mentally unstable people, of felons, and that means...

I assume they will vote — with some Democratic votes, but mostly not — to conduct this inquiry, … as long as the Republicans are intent on a partisan witch hunt there is going to...

If the House Republicans want to repeal the Affordable Care Act, they should make their case to the American people and elect a president and a majority in both Houses of Congress prepared to do...

It’s remarkable. Either they have something to hide or they don’t give a damn,

Torture fails to make us safe, but it certainly makes us less free.

It’s important, if we’re going to call ourselves a democracy, that everybody more or less have the right to vote,

Let’s drive the message home: we need health insurance reform, we need a strong public option, and we won’t settle for less.

For a lot of people, [the surgery] can be lifesaving. It can give us additional years. I think I’ll probably be around longer. I’ll be able to do more for the public.

If the minority is able to successfully undo the Affordable Care Act by blackmail, it will be the undoing of the democratic nature of our government.

Today’s events only confirm that we need to know answers to the larger question: Did this administration deliberately lie to Congress in order to obtain its authorization to go to war?

It is critical that we pass legislation to dramatically reform our health insurance system, and this reform should include a genuine public option, universal coverage, an end to insurance policy rescissions, and no restrictions against...

travesty of a procedure.

Torture, including practices like waterboarding, violates the legal and moral standards of all civilized nations.

the opportunity to fix the Patriot Act.

[Then his voice faded out.] I notice that my mike was turned off, … but I can be heard anyway.

…And it leaks today in the middle of the Democratic national Convention?

Thousands die each year because they are uninsured or under-insured.

This is a bad bill, … These are cosmetic changes that do little to change the Patriot Act from the way it was passed four years ago.

There is good borrowing and bad borrowing, … If we permit our infrastructure to slowly collapse, our economy will slowly collapse.

Anyone who thought the president should be impeached beforehand will still think so, and anyone who thought the president should not be impeached will think that,

We do not need torture as an available instrument of interrogation.

I thought they were exactly as direct as they could be given the fact that they’re … a legal deposition, and any lawyer will tell any client to be very careful in his answers under...

I witnessed firsthand what happens when the federal government fails to protect public health after disaster strikes, … The long-term impact on human health — and public confidence in government — is devastating. Sierra Club’s...

The Republicans chose to hold their convention here, I think most of us believe, to continue the political exploitation of 9/11, which this administration started almost immediately after 9/11,

The forces that have worked hard to stoke populist anger against reform are the very ones that benefit from a health system which puts profits ahead of quality care for its patients.

He is unwilling to do anything that might embarrass the administration.

When they start helping us and dealing with these problems fairly, then they’ll have the right to expect intelligent gratitude from New Yorkers.

They want to wrap themselves in 9/11 and wrap themselves in the flag. But the fact of the matter is they don’t have the right to do that.

While the notion that torture works has been glorified in television shows and movies, the simple truth is this: torture has never been an effective interrogation method.

The timing is highly suspect, … Starr investigated this. There is no evidence of anything new, and Starr decided that there is nothing to indict.

If they are going to go forward with impeachment, they’re going to have to have more witnesses … they (Republicans) may consider themselves accused of delaying. But they’ve put themselves in that bind.

Government by blackmail is incompatible with democracy.

It may be that there’s some weird terrorist out there who really wants to destroy a Kansas wheat field. I doubt it,

Why is this being rushed through? To embarrass the president and the first lady, who is considering running for the Senate in New York,

It is not the role of Congress to decide legal cases between private parties. That is why we have courts.

The other thing that I wanted to say — and that I will say at this point, even though the chairman is not going to listen,

I don’t think she’s pandering. She’s saying what she believes. I don’t think she’s pandering any more than the mayor could be said to have been pandering when he said the same thing.

I often say in my speeches, I say, ‘It’s rare in life that you get a controlled scientific experiment.’ ‘Cause you can’t do controlled scientific experiments with real people, normally.

We’ve pushed and pushed and gotten nowhere, … The only time we’ve gotten anywhere is because Hillary pushed for it.